Consider the kind of week Tesla has had: Shares gained more than 5% on the week. The stock was trading modestly lower on Friday, but that was after closing at a record high $261.38 on Thursday, the latest in a string of records that began Monday.

Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse joined the Tesla bulls, highlighting how the company is growing quicker, its mix of vehicles will soon be richer, and its costs are lower. There’s a “clear path” toward Tesla’s goal of an annual production rate of 100,000 cars by the end of 2015 and of 500,000 cars by the end of the decade, and growth would not end there, the Deutsche Bank analysts said.

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